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: Ml by KoUlt lomlli Eon.
Within one bnndred miles ot Chicago
—acquired It In one deaL"
“Are the large farms In America
very prod table V naked my father.
“No; the most unprolltsble things In
the States; still, they do pay a beg
garly fifteen or twenty per cent No
body losea money by them.”
“And the laborers—of course they
are paid more liberally than Id Eng-
tend.*
“Liberally! Whr.t has liberality to
do with a business arrangement? The
laborer aella bla labor for the inoat
money he can get for It and the capi
talist sells,hla money for the most
labor he can get for It. Midway be
tween these antagonistic forces Is
found the natural rate-of wages. An
American laborer does better for him
self than an BhgUsb laborer, If that
la what yon mean.”
I observed my uncle closely while
he talked to my father. Be was a fall
man, slightly built, with regular fea
tures, fresh complexion, and keen,
restless eyes. Bis manner was very
earnest, and be had a habit of looking
hard at the person to whom he was
speaking. Bis style was too aggres
sive -to please me. but I considered
him a rery clever man, and was much
Interested In all that be said. Per
sonally, be slightly resembled my
father; In other respects the two men
were absolutely different. My father
was a man of few words, and bla sub-
■ i. dued manner showed that he regarded
Inftnnr rhaniukp th§ doln t* “>•“ «*hSr « » SPOCU-
tor than as an actor among them.
My uncle and father continuing to
talk together opon subjects In which
neither my aunt nor I could join. It
occurred to me that the Iaibt was ne
glected; and I deliberated T^on the
expediency of opedlbg a conversation
with .her. Falling to think of (bythlng
more appropriate, I asked her how she
liked England, but was so nervous In
putting the question that 1 knocked
the contents of a salt cellar Into her
lap.
This unlucky accident afforded me
an unexpected relief. My aunt ac
cepted my apologies so gracefully, and
with such charming good hilrnor, .that
I was enabled from that moment to
e with her like a rational be
ing. Looking at her somewhat more
observantly than I bad done before,
I noticed that aha had a profusion of
brown, wavy hair, that her light blue
eyes were large and expressive, her
features beautiful, and her Dgura ad
mirably proportioned. Altogether, 1
thought her the handsomest woman
I had ever seen.
“I-arrived In England less than a
week ago," she said, “and havo seen
very little of your country. I like
London Immensely, what 1 know ot
It at Kensington; but I bars not even
visited your Museum there yet When
we return to London at the end of the
week, I hope to present my Introduc
tions and go about a little with my
i rxxrt.
Boldenhurst
mbre apartment.
, uneven through
. slippery, and the
t panelling, relieved
i In oils of
Pour windows did
t for the room,
beorth no fire
i for com
centre was oc
table, support-
inches shorter
a modern din-
and round It
chairs, .fifteen
_ at each end—
of oak and om
en wheels,
nt this table with-
llcrous aspect pro-
Major Armstrong,
— dining
>ds six
>m his
Is so great that
with tbs former
at If be were dig-
large
silver, com-
of the room,
was at once ap-
a special, occa-
moro
1 with his fork. A
was
ead somewhat
i Indoor manser-
r silk waistcoat
iplcnous article
ntmbered from
and tbs ta-
r relations In an.exam-
of‘ the
... My fath-
towards me,' and
own, led me
very .labor-
’ is your audt tier-
i first blush of my
from overmuch
tad flattered-my-
ned myself
i und was as self-
tan of nineteen
at Whether It
of my aunt,
is uud jewelt,
i at finding her
; thirty, whom I
1 as about fifteen
, I know not; but
1 felt so awk-
e. I cannot
I said, but I
v disconnected words as-
s to the effect that I was
l to make her acquaint-
Tork accounted a paragdn of virtue
who la as full of hypocrisy as over
was Boldenhurst Church on a Sun
day. I like <o deal with a man who
I know win overreach me If he can,
and who expects as much of me; mat
ters are simplified, and the trade
.moves quickly.”
“When you lived lb England yod
had bo each Ideas if I remember
rightly, you need to read poetry, and
were Inclined to be moody and sen
timental, as Ernest Is now."
“True; but I am sorry to hear that
your son Is stricken that way. Look
to him; watch him. So long as bp
confines himself to reading poetry
there la some hope of him; ’tie when
be attempts to write poetry that you
must put him Into a strait jacket. J-et
me take him with me to New York
at the end of the summer; or, better
still, take him there yourself. A tem
perature low enough to freese Ten
nyson's brook, and a careful dally
study of market prices la Walt Street,
wfll make a man of him Inside of
three months What do you say to
that, Ernest?'
“I don't know what to aay, uncle,
only tbbt 1 should very much like to
visit America:”
“A good answer. You shall certain
ly do so; and your father with you, 1
hope. We have a brown stone house
on East Thirty-Fourth street, close to
Fifth Avenue, and a frame cottage
at Newport, It bode Island, both tele-
pbonlcally connected with my offices
In the Mills Bnlldlng. We have also
a private railroad car, which I would
like you to compare with those rat-
traps your Great Eastern Company
calls carriages Our chef Is as good as
can be fonnd outside Drlmonlco's
Come and stay with us, and we will
ttfd you upon ogsters, blue fish, can
vas-back ducks terrapin, Canadian
frogs and sweet potatoes won't we,
Gertrude?”
“Of course, we shall be very pleased
Indeed to see you, and will do all In
our power to make you conu’ortable,"
Mid my aunt
My father thanked bis guests; but 1
noticed that be carafally avoided
committing himself to either an ac
ceptance or a rejection of this Invita
tion. Before we adjourned to the
drawing-room It was arranged that (
was to devote the following morning
to showing my aunt over the bouse
and grounds wblle my father and un
cle discussed a certain business mat
ter. We were all to meet again at
luncheon, and I was afterwards to
exhibit the documents my father and
I had been at so much pains to bring
to light. My uncle, baring approved
of these arrangements Ignited a
mateb on the bed of hla boot, and
applied tba flame to a cigar, from
which he proceeded to puff clouds of
smoke larger and denser than I should
have thought was possible to produce
by such means
r aunt noticed
t voles
my confusion, and
tact endeavored to
I am much gratl-
nnd your father,” she
'My husband has
you both, and of
i Your bouse
and I long to
It You must show me
you have time.”
nothing could give rap
‘ that I would do
was sufficiently
:e the task, I'shook
and felt : rather
' having taken his litat at
' the table with his sister
:hh and hla brother on
i removed the covers and
■do 8am, addressing
change Is not all in
suggest though of
> Ideas modify and ex-
>d deal In twenty years,
"i affairs are extensive
much with business
y, I believe what t Iutc
! Englishmen are vastly
what they were When I
’ them. They are not so
r aeem to lack go and
i fallen Into a alow way.
_ i w aep raw'd—
afraid to Invest laborers
to do. Coating from
V We saw a man and a
horses plowing a field,
as would serve for an
a to one of Pope's pastorals
” that farming In England
t you tickle and scratch
such primitive (hahion!
laborers are killing
y, your legislators are
1 farms and aliot-
Boib. my dear
la wanted la for ot
I landowners in aacb
a trust and to employ
' In cultivating their
to say, a
F this placer' T '
I hare a *ot
t es good or
I In England.
i way.
^laborers!
"Save yon * sister In England?'
asked my father, looking up.
“Yea,” said nnela Sam, answering
for hla wife; “didn’t y.on know that?
Mrs, Truman has a young slater who
Uvea with na—her only rotation In tha
world excepting we throe. I thought
I told you ebout her."
“No,” eald my father; “I have never
heard of her. Why didn't yon bring
her with yon to Boldcnhnrat?'
“Constance was more upset by the
voyage even than I,” remarked my
aunt “and did not fool equal to com
ing hen."
- “You should know Connie,” said my
undo, addressing me; “she's a smart
girl."
I made no reply to tbla; bnt my annt
Oiled op the gap by asking It I was
at liberty to return to Loudon with
them, that they might hava tha benefit
of my knowledge of tbs metropolis.
I knew of no objection to tha propos
al axeapt that my knowledge of Lon
don was vary Umltad-an objection at
ones overruled.
"Taking him aU round. I prefer old
Marsh to any man I aver met; not be
cause be gave me ona of hla daugh
ters and half of hla fortune, though
that la something, but because It was
ha who removed the English scales
from my eyes and caused me to look
at the world like an American."
“And la Ur. MarSb dead?’ Inquired
my father.
“Very dead,” aald my uncle. “Be
baa been balancing a marble column
on hla chest in Greenwood Cemetery
for three years or more.”
My father and I were ahoeked at the
levity of uncle Bam, and our faces
mutt have Indicated our thoughts, for
aunt Gertruda remarked:
“You must not mind all that my hus
band says. Bla acts are more Chris
tian than bit words I cannot re
form bla manner, so must apologias
for him.”
■Well, you see," eald uncle Sam.
continuing, “loo strongly marked
Christianity spoilt a man of business.
I could dte several Instances. After
all, what are celled honest men are
merely thieves who tack tha courage
of their convictions—feeble folks who.
tremble at taking the sborteet way'
to the accomplishment of their pur
1 know many g man In New
■ ■'■"SsaaET'
CBAFTER IT.
There la a peculiar condition of mind
Incident to eomt persona whose corre-
spondoaco la small, which inducts
them to canfolly examine tba envoi-
ope of a letter addressed by a strange
hand—an Indescribable fascination In
speculating as to wbo tha writer may
be and why ha baa written. It la sel
dom that tbla self-imposed doubt lasts
longtr than Is naceaaary to make out
the writing and postmark, and then
the letter la opened—a thing which
would have been done by a busy or
practical man at tha Instant of Its re
ceipt.
Influenced by some such feeling, I
delayed to open the copper box-wblcb
I bad taken from the oak chest In the
library, though the nature ot Its con
tents strongly excited my curiosity.
An Instinctive belief that the contents
were valuable bad taken a firm hold ot
my Imagination, though I could not In
any degree support such toilet by an
appeal to reason. The contents of
both the osk chests had donbtleaa been
examined by bygone members ot my
family at leaat as often as the proper
ty had paaaed from father to'son, and
probably with greater frequency. It
la trne the cheats bad not been opened
for a quarter-of a century or so; but
then the lid of the copper box bora
the date
This 23d daye Oct, 1071,
and I could not do such' violence to my
credulity aa to suppose that the con
tents had been suffered to remain a)
many years unexamined—which mads
strongly against tha presumption that
they were of any value. But. the
strongest human hopes art ofteneat
reared upon the moat unstable foun
dations. I bad certainly suffered the
hope to grow upon me that It bad beeq
reserved for me to make a valuable
discovery; and knowing that my
chances of doing anything ot the sort
were the most shadowy conceivable,
I delayed to opes the box, contenting
myself for the present by carefully
examining Its exterior.
To be continued.
Indla>Itabb*r CorMts.
The corset, as all the world knows.
Is in essential ilnall of the,costume of
the modem civilised woman. ’."At ap
paratus, In Its present stage of evolu
tion. has gained the wholesale con
tempt and detestation ot all physiolo
gists as an outrage upon the organs ot
respiration, circulation and digestion.
Lovely woman, however, has carried
her fashion a step nearer breaking
point by Inventing corsets of India-
rubber designed for bathing purpose!.
The Idea ot thus converting what
should be a moat wholesome and
health-giving recreation into a field for
exploiting varloue kinds of Irrational
dress could haw boon engendered only
In the brain ot a latter-day fashion
able women.—London Medical Press
and circular. _ ^
and ® ®
© @ /\dventure.
OCR CANNIBAL#.
AIT DU It It. the aged white
man, wbo has lived among
the Oklahoma Indians for
many years, and is
qualated with their cus-
i.mlilons sad Isngunges more
thnn any other white uiun in the South
west, says of the Toakawss of to-day
“Every one of the fifty descendants
of the Tonkawas Is shunned and de
spised by G>e members ot other tribes.
The remnants of the man eater., wbo
devoured, thousands of other redskins,
always bunt for a friend, which they
seldom find. The ancient Tonkawas
were the Iakmaelltes of the red race,
add their fifty still living descendants
nro actually hated by other Indiana
for the human flesh eating committed
by their ancestors,
“Tradition relates that the last big
feast of roasted human flesh caused
the death of several thousand of the
voracious cannibals id Texas, Has:
lug gorged themselves On the tender
flesh of several hundred captured Kl-
bwa Indians, they indulged in their
last sleep. Many thousand Kiowa In
dians, and some other chOdren-robbed
redskins . approached the unguarded
wigwams of the gluttonous man eat.
era and slew all they could find. Only
a few, the progenitors of the fifty still
remaining Tonkowas, escaped."
It Is related of the Tonkawas that
an old custom was to hold a feast at
leaat ouoe each year, at which they
killed and ate any prisoner In their
possession wbo had boon sentenced to
death; and It la added that It made no
difference at these annual feasts
whether the color of the prisoner was
white or red, the alleged fate was the
■ame. In tbla connection Jack Leedy,
of Bennesser, O. T-, who for many
years waa In th» employ of the Gov
ernment at the Anadarko Indian agen
cy, in Bonthweatern Oklahoma, re
lates this story, evidently the same oc
casion as referred to by Matt Dorr, al
though the two differ somewhat In the
minor details only:
“fn the fall of 1875 the Tookawas
came up from Texas and camped about
five miles southwest of the Anadarko
agency; It being the season for the
man eating feast, -it was learned they
had a prisoner, a young Caddo Indian,
and expected to kill him for the occa
sion. It was estimated that about 250
Tookawas were In camp, and the Cad-
doe* planned to rescue their trlbeaman,
but, being few In number themselves,
they persuaded the Klowas, wbo word
friendly, to join them and massacre
the Tonkawas.
On the night aettled upon for the
hatchery they stolo upon the Tonka
was In the darkness and waited for the
moon to rise; It was about midnight
when the warwhoop of the chief was
given, and, with uplifted tomahawks,
they rushed Into the Tonkawa camp,
striking down their victims as they
eprank from the beds of leaves. Out
of the entire number of Tonkawas
bnt forty-two escaped. The Klowas
and Caddooa scalped tbelr victims and
left the bodies to bo devoured by wild
beasts and bussards. The spot where
the. massacre took place waa marked
for many years by the skulls and bones
lying around on the ground, but they
later burled by order of- the Gov
ernment”—Dally Oklahoman.
* A BABOON BERO.
Tha German natnrallat, Brehm, In
comparing the monkeys of the Old
World with the marmosets and mon
keys of the Now, says that the move
ments of Old World monkeys are free
and unfettered, compared with the
cllngtnc and creeping of tbelr Ameri
can cousins. Tbelr character Is shown
by thelt conduct In the presence ot
danger, and by the awo which they
Inspire In banting dogs. Herr Brehm
tells this story of an adventure with
baboons In Africa:
Our dogs, beautiful, slender grey
hounds. accustomed to fight success
fully with hyenas and other beasts, of
prey, rushed toward the baboons,
which,-from a distance, looked more
like beasts of prey than like monkeys,
and drove them hastily np the preci
pices to right and left Bnt only the
females took to flight; the males turned
to face tha dogs, growling, beat the
ground with tbelr hands, opened tbelr
months wide, showed their glittering
teeth, and looked at thelf. adversaries
so furiously and maliciously that the
hounds, battle-hardenad and usually
bold, shrank back discomfited and al
moat timidly sought safety beside us.
Bsfore we had succeeded In stirring
them np to show fight, the position ot
the monkeys bad changed considers
bly, and when the dogs charged a sec
ond time nearly all the herd were In
safety.
Bnt one little monkey about a year
old had been left behind. It shrieked
loudly as the dogs rushed toward it,
but succeeded In gaining the top of a
rock before they had arrived. Our
dog* placed themselves cleverly so ts
to cut off Its retreat, and we thought
that they would catch It
That was not to be. Proudly anil
with dignity, without hurrying In the
least, or paying any heed to us. an old
male stepped down from the security
of the rocks toward the hard-pressed
little one, walked toward the dogs
without betraying the slightest fear,
held them la check with glances, ges
tures and sounds that seemed almost
like Intelligible speech, slowly climbed
the rock, picked up the baby monkey,
and retreated with It before we could
reach the spot, and without the alight
eat attempt to prevent him on the part
of tha dots-
While the patriarch ot the troop per
formed tbla bravo and unselfish deed
the other members, densely crowded
da the dlff. ottered sounds which l
.:*-v
had never before heard from baboons.
Old and young, males and females,
roared, screeched. Snarled and bel
lowed all together, so that one would
have thought that they were strug
gling with leopards or other dangerous
beasts.
I learned later that this waa the
monkey's battle cry. It waa Intended
to Intimidate us and the dogs, pooslbty
also to encourage the brave old giant
who was running Into such evident
danger before their eyes.
A JUVENILE TOREADOR,
Thera waa an accident yesterday
shortly after the close of a novlllada
at the Flasa Mexico that came near
resulting In the death of a few young)
hopefuls who took it into their heads
that they would like to join in tbs na
tional sport
Shortly after the crowd left the ring
a half dozen young boys of ages rang
ing from twelve to fifteen yean, got
down Into the ball ring to play boll
fight. Ona of the number thought the!
game waa too alow, so while the ring
attendants wen busy about other work)
he entered the pen whan the bulls
Were confined and Slyly 1st One of tbs
Ihto the ring,
with a-mad mail the big black bull
entered the ring. One Of the little
boys bad been using his plush linen
cape for a caps In hla plays with tbs
other boys, and be waa near the door)
when the bull entered. Although onq
of the opposite gates was open tba
bull made no effort to got away, but
rushed at the hoy With the cape.
There waa but one thing for the boy
to do, and he did It. With all tha
knowledge which he had gained by,
watching the matadors In tba ring, bq
let the bull charge the cape. But hla
arms were too abort and the bull
struck him a hard blow, knocking the
little fellow fully fifty feet and tearing
hla shoulder with hla born. The angry
ball then turned hla attention to the'
red cape.
When the other boys saw the boll
charging them they fled for the fence
and climbed to tafety, where they
watched the bull tearing the cape. Fi
nally It occurred to one of the older
boys that by all charging for the ball
he might possibly be scared away from
the prostrate body of the Injured lad.
So with clubs and boards they drove
the boll' from tho ring. They gave
their attention to the ball none too
qalckly. for ho had tired of pawl*
and stamping the cape add waa mak
ing for the boy.
When the doctors tot In their work
on the little, fellow, whose name la
Angel Morelos, they found that the
wound- waa the only thing of const-
qnence, and that although the hoy
was senseless from the blow, there waa
nothing of a really dangerous nature to
fear from the accident, as the hurt waa
a flesh wound.—Mexican Herald.
AWED A PIRATE.
Rajah Brooke, when bo first went to
Sarawak, lived a life fraught with per
il, of which he seemed to bo uncon-
•clout. One day In hla bouse In tho
capital he sat down to meat. Sudden
ly Linglre, a noted Malay pirate,
walked Into the dining hall with a
troop of armed warriors at hla bepla.
There waa not the* thickness of paper
between Brooke and death, and bo
knew It. Courteously be waved tho
chief to a chair; the others squatted
on tho floor. Brooko called to a ser
vant and said In English:
“Bring a bottle of aherryl Let my
chiefs know who la here!”
Linglre talked awhile ot hla prowess
and the cowardice of tho Dutch. Time
paaaed and the squatting scoundrels
looked at one another. Tho lives of tho
Rajah and hla unarmed English com
panions were to bo numbered In sec
onds. There was a heavy tramp on
the veranda and the Malay soldiers ot
the capital thronged Into tho room
with drawn weapons. Tho pirates did
not speak, bnt tho newcomers did talk
ing enough. They cursed them, body,
bones and hair; they pressed tha
points of keen weapons against their
throats.
Then Brooke showed knowledge of
the native character. Be knew that
the pirate was terrorised.
At a sign from btm the ranks opened,
and Linglre and hla men went out un
scathed. Be became the Rajah’s
friend, used to visit him, sit with him
In chairs on tho veranda and talk
about tho Dutch, bnt be never ad
mitted that ho had vowed to have the
Englishman’s head and bang It In a
basket to a tree.—Windsor Msgs sins.
DEER JUMPED INTO BED.
Deer art becoming so plentiful in
Maaaachuaetta that on a recent morn
ing Arthur White and Elmer E. Black
man, occupying rooms on the first story
of the apartment house at 456 Massa
chusetts avenue, Cambridge, had a
fright because of the frantic attempts
ot a foil grown doe to climb Into bed
with them.
White was asleep at 7 o'clock when
he was awakened by what sounded to
him like the laboroue efforts of an In
toxicated man to mount the stain.
The next moment the door was bunt
open with a crash, and a large deer
bounded In and made a dive for tho
bed. White used his bare feet In an
effort to ward off at attaek of the an
imal, and then reinforcements came In
the form of hla friend Blackman. To
gether they made an effort to get the
deer Into n corner, bnt the strength of
the animal was too much for them.
The straggles of tho men and deer
completely wrecked tho furnishing In
two rooms. Finally, with the aid of
ontalden who came to the rescue, the
doe waa penned Into a cheat, where
It wrought havoc with White's cloth
ing. Later the animal waa locked in
a stable. It bad been chased along
Massachusetts avenue for a mile be
fore seeking safety In White's bed.
The deer evidently game -from tba
Middlesex Falla, - .
A WIRELESS DAILY PAPER,
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Tha Canard Balletln#
Mr. Marconi’a succeisful publication
of the Cunard Bulletin, a dally evening
paper with a limited circulation, dur
ing the last voyage of the Lueanla. ban
aroused great interest among shipping
people- . . ,
-The apparatus In the Lueanla wan
purely experimental,” said Mr. Mar
coni to an Express representative on
Saturday. "I merely utilised tha
voyage to thoroughly teat some Im
provements made recently In Ulgb-pow-
er receiving Instruments, and the LO-
canla'e passengers profited thereby.
“The Lueattla’s news telegrams came
through without the slightest lntsrrap-
tion. and I received many private mes
sages as well. One such message
came from Glace Bay. Cape Breton, on
Wednesday, when we were 1010 Eng
lish miles from that station.”
The Lueanla preaented u corioue
sight when fitted for the reception of
long-distance pew* telegrams. For
merly there were four wires strung
between the two mssts of the vessel.
For this vojtge, however, the masts
were lengthened fifteen feet, and-be
tween them one big cable was sus
pended, from which thirty-one wire*
were connected to a single cable, car
ried on four heavy booms which pro
jected forty feet beyond the side of
the vessel, and then carried back again
through a porthole into the cabin
which Mr. Marconi used as an operat
ing room.
The most remarkable feature of tho
long-distance operations was on
Wednesday. At 180 a. m. the' first
batch of ballons was received from
Canada, Including a report of the
memorial service In memory of the Into
Sir Michael Herbert in Washington, n
steel trust dividend Item, and London
opinions on the new Cabinet—Lon
don Express.
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Disunity la Koran lurWa
A capital story has been told by an
American. missionary who has lost
arrived In London from Korea. The
difficulty of learning the language of
that country la Increased enormously
owing to the large number of words
which, with a slight Inflection ot tho
voice, art used over and over again
with an entirely different meaning.
The missionary In question was
preaching to some natives and assur
ing them that unless they repented
they would go to a place of punish
ment Amusement rather than terror
was written on the faces of bis Orien
tal hearers. Why on earth, If they re
jected his advice and sefused to repent,
should they be dispatched—to the local
postodee!
On another occasion a lecture was de
livered, In the course of which a beau
tiful mhnl was being drawn from tha
gay career of the tiny butterfly which
was suddenly cut short In the dutches
of the spider. The simile fell somfr;
what short ot its Intended meaning,
and It was not until the laughter bad
subsided that the lecturer became
aware that the victim which bad been
floundering amid the dainty silken
threads of the web was a donkey,
which. In the Korean language, it ap
pears, Is synonymous with butterfly.—
Boston Transcript
Wmm Sam la FIJI islands.
The sex question In FIJI In connection
with the Indian coolie Immigration into
tho colony has reached such a serious
stage that J. W. Davidson, one of tho
clerks In the Immigration Department,
has been compelled to write a minute
about It
He points out that at the end of 1902
tho percentage of females to males of
all ages In that colony was found to
be 51.13, the number of women In 100
adults being about thirty.
“Such a disproportion ot tho sexes,”
be says, “Is favorable to the prevalence
of those complications and grievances
which account for tho majority of
homlddes, and perhaps tlso of the sui
cides, which have to .bo recorded an
nually, not to mention tunny violent
assaults."
Mr. Davidson refers to statistics,
showing that for every twenty girls
born Into the world there ore twenty-
one boys, and quotes Buckle, the his
torian, ts saying; “It the proportion
which Is kept up In the births of the
sexes were to be greatly disturbed,
even for a single generation, society
would be thrown Into the most serious
confusion, and a great Increase In the
vice* of the people would Infallibly
ensue."—London Dolly MalL
Blessing tm Dlsaolss.
By on unlucky blow with a hammer
Ur. Benson bad disabled one ot bis
thumbs. "That's too bad,” said a
friend to whom bo showed the dam
aged member several days afterward.
“No, It Isn't," replied Mr. Benson,
almost resentfully. “It Is one of tho
best things that ever happened to me.
It has taught mo to appreciate that
thumb. I never knew Its valae before.
I found ont by actual count the first
day that there were 257 things I had
been using that thumb for every day
of my life without ever giving It a
thought—and It waa practically Indis
pensable for every one of them. Please
open my knife for me, will you?
Thanks. That makes 258.”
A Crouds AfOlast Bootlaa
Pierre Loti, the French naval
wbo has written so many pleaaa
vies ot this travels. Is headl
France a crusade against huntln
the movement Is attracting wide
attention and arousing deep lc
M. Lott would have laws passe
would pnt a atop to the present v
destruction of birds and animals
tng to supply game and food ho
not Interfere with in any way. bi
In* for tho mere sake of UlUi
would prohibit Some of the bei
in France, ere supporting M. Lol
It la thought that good results w
low tha movement
